Connecticut-based Q Poll: 57% of voters dislike GOP health care plan

Published 2:09 pm, Friday, May 26, 2017

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A new Quinnipiac University poll found that 57 percent of voters disapprove of the Republican health care plan that passed the House last month. That’s one percent more than the 56 percent who disapproved of the plan in a May 11 survey.

Republicans in the House canceled a vote on the first attempt to “repeal and replace” Obamacare on March 23, the day a Quinnipiac University poll showed 56 percent of voters opposed the idea. The House later approved the plan on May 4.

The latest Quinnipiac University poll found only 20 percent of American voters are more likely to vote for a member of Congress who supported the American Health Care Act, which repeals and replaces the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

“Advisory to Republicans who support the replacement for Obamacare: Backing this bill could be very hazardous to your political health,” Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said. “What was heralded as a cure for a failing plan could have toxic side effects.”